Amshipai Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Amshipai is a medium size village located in Amlarem Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 58 families residing. The Amshipai village has population of 295 of which 138 are males while 157 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amshipai village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 25.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amshipai village is 1138 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Amshipai as per census is 1313, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Amshipai village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Amshipai village was 35.75 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Amshipai Male literacy stands at 29.25 % while female literacy rate was 41.74 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Amshipai village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Amshipai village.

Amshipai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	58	-	-
Population	295	138	157
Child (0-6)	74	32	42
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	291	136	155
Literacy	35.75 %	29.25 %	41.74 %
Total Workers	113	70	43
Main Worker	97	-	-
Marginal Worker	16	15	1

Caste Factor

In Amshipai village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.64 % of total population in Amshipai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Amshipai village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Amshipai village out of total population, 113 were engaged in work activities. 85.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 113 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.